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Anna Rock
Apr 17, 2013
Anna Rebecca (Becky) Fogelsanger Rock, 86, a lifelong resident of Franklin County and a teacher in Chambersburg schools for 25 years, died on April 17, 2013 after a prolonged struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born on August 26, 1926, Becky was raised on a farm near Greencastle, Pennsylvania where her family also belonged to the Church of the Brethren. Following graduation...
Anna Rock
Apr 17, 2013
Anna Rebecca (Becky) Fogelsanger Rock, 86, a lifelong resident of Franklin County and a teacher in Chambersburg schools for 25 years, died on April 17, 2013 after a prolonged struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born on August 26, 1926, Becky was raised on a farm near Greencastle, Pennsylvania where her family also belonged to the Church of the Brethren. Following graduation...
William Hymes
Apr 16, 2013
William “Bill” Russell Hymes, J.D., age 86, of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Tuesday morning, April 16, 2013. Born March 22, 1927 in Racine, WV, he was the son of the late James and Nannie Matthews Hymes. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Hymes served honorably during WWII. Mr. Hymes was a member of the VFW, Lions Club International, Shriner’s, and...
Wilbur Truett
Apr 15, 2013
Wilbur Russ Truett, Jr., 85, of Chambersburg, PA, died Monday afternoon, April 15, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 2, 1927 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Wilbur R., Sr. and Edna R. Thompson Truett. Russ served with the US Marine Corps during WWII and retired in 1985 from Letterkenny Army Depot as Director of Quality Assurance...
Sammy Bock
Apr 14, 2013
Sammy L. Bock, age 66, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by his loving family and friends. Born January 5, 1947 in Dixon, IL, he was the son of the late Edward Bock and the late Hope Large. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Sammy served honorably during the Vietnam conflict. He...
John Anderson
Apr 14, 2013
John C. Anderson, age 73, of Fayetteville, PA passed away at his home on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Born on September 29, 1939 in Waynesboro, PA, John was the last surviving member of his family. He is preceded in death by his parents, Floyd Anderson and Frances Anderson Lanehart, and his sister, Betty Jo Dresser. John worked as a materials...
Benjamin Holtry
Apr 13, 2013
Benjamin B. Holtry, Sr., 77 of Chambersburg, PA, died Saturday morning, April 13, 2013 at his home. Born September 28, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Harvey and Sarah Hendricks Holtry. Mr. Holtry retired from Harrisburg Dairies, formerly Dairy Maid, after 30 years of service. He was a member of the Chambersburg First Church of God...
Martine Rosenberry
Apr 11, 2013
Martine E. Felton Rosenberry, age 85 of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Born April 30, 1927 in Everett, PA, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Mildred Boor Felton of Breezewood, PA. A 1945 graduate of Everett High School, Mrs. Rosenberry went on to work for Letterkenny...
Fred Boss
Apr 10, 2013
Fred E. Boss, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. He was a son of the late Raymond E. and Alice Smith Boss. A 1949 graduate of Clairton High School, he went on to study commercial art at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1951 with a Commercial Art Degree. Furthering his education, he...
Thomas Delaney
Apr 10, 2013
Thomas J. Delaney, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday morning, April 10, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 7, 1934 in Bronx, NY, he was a son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Delaney. Mr. Delaney retired from the US Air Force after 20 years of service. Following his discharge from the military he was employed as a truck driver...
Michael Agostinelli
Apr 10, 2013
Michael Francis Agostinelli, 82, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on February 22, 1931 on a mushroom farm in Avondale, PA, he was a son of the late Paul Agostinelli and Josephine Indelicato Agostinelli. He is survived by his wife, G. Marie Stevens Agostinelli, whom he married on January 30, 1999, and...
James Mock
Apr 7, 2013
James H. Mock, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA passed away at Providence Place Retirement Community on Sunday, April 7, 2013. Born March, 13, 1925 in Johnstown, PA, he was the son of the late Samuel James and Dolly Harbaugh Mock. A World War II veteran, Jim served honorably in the US Navy. He worked as a machinist at Mack Truck...
Lorrayne Jones
Apr 6, 2013
Mrs. Lorrayne Mummau Heffley Jones, 88, of S. Richard St., Bedford, formerly of Chambersburg and Lancaster County, entered into transition at 5:30 PM, Saturday, April 6th, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Jones was born in Manheim on March 28, 1925, the daughter of the late Jacob and Mabel (Cassel) Mummau. In January of 1960, she married Harold R. Jones. He...
Leah Krenitsky
Apr 6, 2013
Leah B. (Lader) Krenitsky, 94, of Chambersburg, died on Saturday, April 6, 2013, at Menno Haven. Born on November 24, 1918 in Quincy, PA, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Jessica (Loman) Lader. Leah was a member of St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus #1426 in Chambersburg. She was active in the...
Richard Smith
Apr 4, 2013
Richard G. Smith died on Thursday, April 4, 2013 of Gettysburg, PA and formerly of Northern Virginia. Beloved wife of Olga Nazarenko Smith; loving father of Julie M. Long, Thomas R. Smith, Cynthia N. Ward, Stephen J. Smith and Ilona Doerfler; cherished grandfather of 7; and brother of Marty Venchelli. The family will receive friends at St. Mary’s Orothodox Church,...
Frank Gilreath
Apr 3, 2013
Frank Alvin Gilreath; husband, father, brother, son died on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Menno Haven Menno Village at the age of 74. He was born on March 28, 1939 to the late Frank Hillery and Florence Marsh Gilreath. He is survived by his wife of thirty-seven years, Agnes Lillian Gilreath as well as his brother, Harold Eugene Gilreath and...
Raymond Rhine
Apr 3, 2013
Raymond R. Rhine, age 87, of Spring Run, PA passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Born January 1, 1926 in Mount Union, PA, he was the son of the late Robert M. Rhine, Jr. and Lulu Marshall Rhine. Raymond worked for Penelec Power Company for 30 years, retiring in 1981. He enjoyed hunting, trapping, fishing,...
John Etter
Mar 31, 2013
John Henry Etter, Jr., age 60, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013 at his home in Chambersburg, PA. Born July 31, 1952 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late John H. Etter, Sr. and Madalyn I. Davis Etter. He was also preceded in death by his beloved sister, Phyllis Jean Etter. A 1973...
Tammy Rock
Mar 31, 2013
Tammy J. Rock, 45, of Chambersburg, PA, died unexpectedly on Sunday, March 31, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 6, 1967 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Richard E. and Patsy Hobbs Rock of Chambersburg. Tammy grew up in Pond Bank and was a 1985 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She went on to earn a...
Wanda Lutz
Mar 31, 2013
Wanda Z. Lutz, 87, of Fayetteville, PA and formerly of Severna Park, MD, died Sunday afternoon, March 31, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 23, 1925 in Syracuse, NY, she was a daughter of the late Matthew and Nellie Sikora Zgud. She enlisted in the US Navy and served at the National Security Agency from 1950 until her discharge in...
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